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Letters, Patent No. 64,619, dated filmy 14, 1867.

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Be it known that I, DARWIN ALMY, of Tiverton, in the county of Newport,- and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful improvement in Ploughs and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable. others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The drawing represents aland-side view of a plough with my.improved regulating wheel attached.

This invention consistsin a guide or regulating wheel, which is designed, with its connections, for attachi to any common plough, and detaching when desirable, as hereinafter described. By means of this simple device the depth of the furrow may be regulated and the plough steadied and made more uniform its operation. It also gives the ploughman greater control over the plough, and enables him to work nearer stone walls and fences and in the corners of a lot, so that there shall be less waste land left than usual in'ploughiuga field.

A is the land-side of an ordinary cast-iron mould-board plough, stocked as usual, B the beam, and U3. handle. A wooden lever, 1), is pivoted atthe lower end to the land-side at a, placed on the inside, and is connected with an iron rod, 7), that runs forward on the inner side of the beam nearly to its fore end, where theend is pivoted at the joint of two short straight links a 0, connected together at one end, on the same pivot d with the rod 6. The link 0 is pivoted at one end to the plough-beam B, and the link 0 is pivoted at one end on the axle e of the wheel E, which may be made of iron. A single straight link or connecting-rod-g is also pivoted, one end on the axle c and theothcr bythe bolt I on the plough-beam B. It will be seen that themovement of the lever I) will operate the wheel E, byits connections, to raise or lower it at pleasure, and thus it may be set at any point for regulating the depth of penetration of the plough in mellow ground, while it is easily taken oil for ploughing stony ground, where it does not work advantageously.

Having described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- The arrangement of the lever D, the rod 6, and the links 0 c and 9 connected with the guide -wheel E for regulating the depth of the furrow of a plough operating as herein described.

' DARWIN ALMY.

Witnesses:

Isaac O. ALMY, HENRY M. Tonrunzs. 

